West Side Story
1961 Crime, Romance, DramaIn the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
Movies like West Side Story
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to West Side Story. Explore films such as Boyz n the Hood, Chinatown, and Baby Driver, around the themes of west side manhattan new york city, singing, interracial romance. Other notable keywords include gangster and rival gang.
#1
Boyz n the Hood
Synopsis:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Starring:
Ice Cube,
Morris Chestnut,
Laurence Fishburne
#2
Chinatown
Synopsis:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jack Nicholson,
Roman Polanski
Plot:
neo noir,
private detective,
femme fatale,
detective,
police,
water rights,
tragedy,
year 1937,
racism,
domestic violence
...
#3
Baby Driver
Synopsis:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Eiza González,
Ansel Elgort
#4
The Warriors
Synopsis:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Starring:
Brian Tyler,
James Remar,
David Patrick Kelly
Plot:
new york city,
street gang,
disc jockey,
warrior,
truce,
social decay,
sociopath,
threatened with a knife,
fugitive,
survival
...
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#5
Once Upon a Time in America
Synopsis:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly,
Robert De Niro,
James Woods
#6
Grease
Synopsis:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Starring:
John Travolta,
Dinah Manoff,
Kelly Ward
#7
The Dark Knight
Synopsis:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Morgan Freeman,
Christian Bale
#8
Shaft
Synopsis:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Starring:
Richard Roundtree,
Moses Gunn,
Charles Cioffi
#9
Death Wish
Synopsis:
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Starring:
Jack Kesy,
Bruce Willis,
Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot:
remake,
vigilante,
vigilantism,
death of wife,
home invasion,
woman in jeopardy,
urban decay,
finger gun,
detective,
dark hero
...
#10
City of God
Synopsis:
Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...
Starring:
Alice Braga,
Alexandre Rodrigues,
Leandro Firmino
Plot:
photographer,
slum,
gang,
brazil,
coming of age,
murder of a child,
rio de janeiro,
south america,
latin america,
hood
...
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#11
Bonnie and Clyde
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Starring:
Gene Wilder,
Gene Hackman,
Warren Beatty
Plot:
bank robber,
1930s,
gang,
love,
crime spree,
oklahoma,
modern western,
gun battle,
true crime,
getaway driver
...
#12
Batman Begins
Synopsis:
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Starring:
Cillian Murphy,
Gary Oldman,
Liam Neeson
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#13
A Clockwork Orange
Synopsis:
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity…
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell,
Patrick Magee,
Adrienne Corri
#14
The Godfather: Part II
Synopsis:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Diane Keaton,
Al Pacino
Plot:
revenge,
1950s,
corrupt politician,
mafia,
fratricide,
new year's eve,
suicide,
neo noir,
anti hero,
american dream
...
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#15
Sleepers
Synopsis:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Starring:
Billy Crudup,
Robert De Niro,
Minnie Driver
Plot:
child molestation,
sexual abuse,
sexual predator,
sadistic rape,
pedo,
gore,
revenge,
rape,
confession booth,
physical assault
...
#16
Romeo + Juliet
Synopsis:
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Starring:
Vondie Curtis-Hall,
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Miriam Margolyes
Plot:
love,
gangster,
female nudity,
sex scene,
suicide,
murder,
wedding,
forbidden love,
helicopter,
tattoo
...
#17
In the Heights
Synopsis:
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
Starring:
Corey Hawkins,
Anthony Ramos,
Stephanie Beatriz
Plot:
singing,
dancing,
subtitled scene,
sing,
dance,
celebration,
childhood,
friend,
boy,
girl
...
#18
Candyman
Synopsis:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Starring:
Tony Todd,
Vanessa Williams,
Virginia Madsen
Plot:
baby,
legend,
mirror,
urban legend,
urban decay,
bee,
revenge,
fire,
ghetto,
character name as title
...
#19
Titanic
Synopsis:
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Kate Winslet,
Frances Fisher
Plot:
iceberg,
mass death,
sunken ship,
drowning,
freeze to death,
lifeboat,
ship,
shipwreck,
sea captain,
one word title
...
#20
The Outsiders
Synopsis:
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Starring:
Diane Lane,
Patrick Swayze,
Tom Cruise